1. pungent - Adjective
2. pungent - Verb
3. pungent - Adjective Satellite
Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay. Octave Mirbeau
So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by. Jonathan Stroud
Donna, donna, dark, Stooping in indigo gown And cloudy constellations, Conceal yourself or disclose Fewest things to the lover - A hand that bears a thick-leaved fruit, A pungent bloom against your shade. Wallace Stevens
I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what's appropriate or attractive. Anthony Bourdain
Aged ginger is more pungent. Chinese Proverb
Don't despise pepper because it is so small; eat, and see how pungent it is. Persian Proverb